Dave Saunders

I was there for the dot-com crash. Mahogany desks, catered lunches, magazine cover dreams. Most people lost everything. Twenty-five years later, I keep seeing the same patterns. Different company names, same preventable failures. So I wrote a book about what actually works. This is the story of why. @nemock/p-185104281" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">substack.com/@nemock/p-1851…

Every team problem is a communication problem until you fix the communication.

What makes a great first hire different from a great tenth hire? More in Founders Who Finish: davesaunders.net/book

@DrNeilStone It amazes me how easily the worm brained heroin addict Will lie about topics like this. It's worse than a grift. He's just a full-blown psycho.

HHS Secretary RFK Jr: The polio vaccine “killed many, many more people” than polio ever did. Fact check - Radioactive garbage

@WalshFreedom @joerogan And we all knew this was coming. The fanatics have been preaching about the seven mountain mandate for years. Decades even.

Hey @joerogan, you knew exactly who Trump was when you campaigned for him in 2024. Please don’t act like you’re surprised by any of this - the wars/regime change, the tariff madness, the masked federal thugs on our streets. Just be honest and say you fucked up by supporting him.

Praise in public, correct in private. Basic rule, constantly violated. #startups #business

The testimonial from a recognizable logo is worth ten from companies nobody knows: davesaunders.net

Momentum is easier to maintain than to rebuild. Don't let it die.

What's one management mistake you keep watching other founders repeat?

Delegation isn't about offloading grunt work. It's about transferring ownership of outcomes. From my book: davesaunders.net/book

You think you know what they want. You're wrong. Keep talking to them. Keep testing. The second you assume you know is the second you start building the wrong thing.

Flat structure or clear hierarchy? Founders Who Finish: davesaunders.net/book

Raising a big round doesn't solve your problems. It amplifies them.

Speed is a weapon. But only if you're going the right direction: davesaunders.net

The term sheet is a negotiation, not a take-it-or-leave-it offer. Push back: davesaunders.net

Your homepage should answer one question: why should I care? Most answer everything except that.

Venture debt is underrated by every founder who's ever chased equity.

Quitting is underrated. Persistence without progress is just stubbornness with better marketing. Know when to stop: davesaunders.net

Your homepage has one job: make the right person feel like this was built for them.

The org chart is a lie. Watch where information actually flows. That's your real structure. davesaunders.net

A case study with real numbers beats a testimonial every time. From my book: davesaunders.net/book